DISCOURSE: 1965 PREACHING THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 9:16. _Woe is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel!_ RESPECTING men’s call to the ministerial office, it would be difficult to speak with any degree of certainty. That of the Apostles was clear and unquestionable: that of individuals, amongst ourse... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1966 THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1 Corinthians 9:19. _Though I be free from all men, yet hare I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1967 DIRECTIONS FOR RUNNING OUR RACE 1 Corinthians 9:24. _So run, that ye may obtain_. THERE is not any thing around us from which we may not draw some hints for our spiritual instruction. The habits and customs of the world, if duly improved, will afford us many valuable lessons. A refe... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1968 THE MANNER IN WHICH ST. PAUL SOUGHT FOR HEAVEN 1 Corinthians 9:26. _I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I hare preached to others, I myself should be... [ Continue Reading ]